On 12-31-97 Jean Halverson wrote to Bill Nichols... 
 
 LM>"Trekkies," now called "Trekkers," are the only fans listed by 
 LM> name in the Oxford English Dictionary. 
 
 BN> Except, of course for the fact that Trekkers & Trekkies are not 
 BN> now & never _were_ the same people. };)  Trust me, I was 
 BN> there. :) 
 
 JH>  Enlighten me: what's the difference? I've been a fan since TOS and I 
 JH> thought I was a Trekkie all these years. 
 
 Me, too. 
 
 (This is beginning to sound like taking on the name 
 "changelings" as a boast after it originated as an insult.) 
 
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